Butter-cutter



(No Model.) 2 Sheets'Sheet 1. R. PACKARD. BUTTER CUTTER No. 539,144.Patented May 14, 1895.

(No Model.) 2 Shets-Sheet 2.

, R. PACKARD.

I BUTTER CUTTER No. 539,144. Patented May 14, I895.

mien STATES RILEY PACKARD, or SMITH RIVEB, CALIFORNIA.

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. Application filed November 5,;1l8 4 Serial 1Y0- (NdllllOdBlJ' v I ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Butter-Cutter, of which thefollowing isla specification.

This invention'relates to an improved paratus for cutting or dividingbutter for'the purposeof printing or serving, and especially;

to a deviceof thatclass in which are employed wires adapted to be passedthrough a sheet orbutter, to cut or divide the same.

c g The objectsought is to provide an arrange;

mentwhereinthe cutting operation will result ,in all-increasedregularity inthefshape ot the blocks, and onewhich will be simple in.con: struction and inexpensive in manufacture; Inthe drawings-Figuredrepreseuts-a-pei' spective view of my complete apparatus; Fig;

"2, avertical-longitudinal section thereof; Fig;

3, a perspective view showing the wire'oan. ryiug frames raised fromabove the frame of. the machine'andina position which they assumedirectly subsequent to the cutting. operatiomFig. 4, an enlarged sectionof the up.-

. The frame ofthe machine con'sistsof the four legs 1,. rigidlysecured,jby niortising or otherwise, and at, their upper ends, to thehorizontal side beams 2 and top beams 3, allof which may be seen byreference to' the drawin'gss Mounted fuponpthe top-beams 3, andremovably arranged thereon, are the slats 4, which are preferably ten innumber, though this may bea'aried to suit the capacity which it isdesired: to give the machine; I

-5 indic'at'esthe frame for the lower series of wires, and this'consistsof four wooden beams, mortisedr'together'at'thei'r ends so asto form arectangular frame of an outside size equalto the size of the ;frame orbase of the apparatus'. Two of the beamscomposing thet'rame 5-are eachprovided on their upper sides with the grooves 6, which are preferably-nine for each beam, and which are aligned with each other onth'eirrespectivebeams. Throughthese grooves 6 the-wires 7 pass, said wiresbeing'al'so nine in number and having their several ends arranged in therespective grooves 6. Secured to the outer sides of the 6, are thescrews or nails 8, said screws or nails being provided to furnish meansfor securing the wires] inpla'ce: .Tlie screwsf8 are,- of course, oneforeach wire on the two beams. By means of the grooves 6 the Wires areplaced slightly below the upper side'o'f the frameo, and at-ft-he sametimeare'keptinjthe proper relation to, each ;-ot her ,Each ofthe beams,formed with a slight outwardlbend increasingtoward themiddle ofthejzbeam so as to uallyincreasinginiwidth toward its center.

.to the drawings.

to'the-fra'meg5 and- .110 oneof tlie top'ibeamsjj3 of the main framezofitheapparatus, whereby as to be'capableof swingingthereon B-y'thisarrangement the frame mayheraise'd or'low- ".ered as shownimthedrawings."

ore, and .which has the wires ll secured' v 80 fixed to the outer-side'sof two offlthe beams .thereto by'mean's of the pins or-screws 12,

composing the fram,e.-- The wiresl'l afreprefiright angles to the wires7. Since'the wires .llare arranged on the under side of the are-placedclosely together. It will be observed that,theslats't are of such asizean'd shape-j that their upper.- sides will ;lie flush whenproperly;v disposed onthe main iirame adjacent sidesof the frame 5.

. removably therein, are the boards 13, which in size and construction.

vided at its lower edge with the equidistant and vertical slots 14,through which the wires beams 5 which are provided with the'grooves Thismay.bereadilyunderstood by reference 9 indicates three hinges which aresecured" V the frame 5 is mouxite'd on the mainframe so frame 10, andthe wires 7 on the upper side of 3 their respective frame,"the twoseriesof wires or base; of the apparatus-a space Will'be lft between thealigned ends of the slats and the are four in number and which areduplicates Each board is pro- 7 and 11' are respectively adapted topass,

make the beam. narrow at its? ends and graderablyfnine in number, itbeingessential, that theycorrespond with the n'umber of wires '7,andalso that thewires 11 extend at with 'the-' upper;side of -the frame5,andfthat- Arranged within the framedO, and heldj 6o which-"areprovided with the grooveS 6 is' Y according to the position ofthe boardsin reingit into portions of sufficient size. It may, 55 lation to saidwires. The number of slots 14 however, be'used for dividing butterbefore in each board correspond, of course, to the the same is printed,or for puttingit into the number of wires in the two frames, the purformnecessary .for the market, as a substipose of which will be obvious. Theboards tute for the usual process of printing. All of 13 are held inplace within the frame and these various uses will, however, be obvious6o are connected to each other-by means of the and do not require anyfurther description clamp-bars 15, which are two in number and here. Theapparatus will be uOHStl'llGtBd of which are provided at their ends withhooks any suitable material, wood being preferred. ro.16,.adapted tot-ake over the sides of the 'Changes'in the form, proportion, and theboards. and drawthe same together, as may minor details of constructionmaybe resorted 6 5v "be seen by'refere'nce to the drawing. to withoutdeparting from the principleor 17 indicates a; bar, which is rigidly andsacrificing any of the advantages of this inpermanently secured to oneof the boards 13, vention. l V And which has its ends projected beyondthe Having described the-invention, I claim-- corresponding ends of theboard to which it 1. An apparatus for cutting butter, cousist- 7'0 isattached, the purpose being to prevent exing of a main frame or baseadapted to have cessive downward movement of the clampthe butter placedthereon, a movable frame bars 15. hinged to the main frame or base, awire By reference to the drawings, it maybe stretched across the saidmovable frame, and

seen that the boards 13 when assembled in a second movable framehingedtto the first 7 5 the proper position form substantiallyahopmovable frame, and a wire extending across per, having for itsbottom the slats 4, and the' second movable frame and at right an- Vhaving-an open top. gles to the wire of the first frame,-substm1- :5 Inthe use of my invention, the apparatus tiaily as described.

p is placed in the positionshown in Fig. 1, and 2. Anapparatus forcutting butter, consist- 8c the butter to be divided placed within theing of amain frame or base adapted tohave space inclosed by the boards13 and spread the butter placed thereon, a movable frame evenly upon theslats 4, after which the frame hinged thereto, a series of wiresstretched 3o 10 should be raised, swinging on its hinges so across themovable frame, and a bottomless as to bringt-he wires 11 upwardlyandthrough hopper carried by said movable frame and. the butter. This-willform the butter into a. censisting of a number of boards clamped seriesof strips corresponding in size to the within the same, said hopperbeing adapted space between the several wires 11. These to primarilysurround the butter to be cut, ;5. strips of butter willlie upon theslats 4 and substantiallyas described. a

with the wires 7-ex tending under them and 3. Anapparatus foreuttim,butter having 0 across theirlongitudinalline. The next movea base forsupporting the butter, a plurality ment in the operation ofthe-apparatus should of independently movable frames adapted to be aswinging of the frame 5 on its hinges, fit one within another and tomove toward .0 which will be followed by a corresponding and from theplane of the base, and a pluralmovement of the wires 7, thereby dividingity of parallel wires carried by each frame, 5 V thestrips of butterinto squares, all of an the wires on one frame beingdisposedat an equalsize,such size being commensurate with angle to those on the other, andthe wires bethe size of the squares formed -by=the crossing arranged insuchpositions upon the frames 5 'ing wires 7and 11. When this has beendone, that when the frames are telescoped they are the butter will restupon the slats 4,;and disposed approximately in a conimon plane, IOOeach slat will have thereon a numbe'r,in the substantially as specifieda present case ten,'of blocks. This will permit In testimony that Iclaim the foregoing as the easy removal of the butter, owing :tothe myown I have'hereto aftixedmysignature in removable arrangement of theslats 4, which the presence of two witnesses. p makes it possible tolift the slats 0E, carrying r i RILEY;-PACK ARDI with them the blocks'ofbutter. Witnessesza i My apparatusis useful principally in pre-WALTERBRQQKING, paring butter for table use, thatis, for divid- F. O.PEARSON. a

